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Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. He believes that God cares about us and can intervene in human affairs -- on rare occasions, even miraculously. Collins has personally discovered some of the scientific evidence for the common descent of all living creatures, even though he repudiates the materialist, atheistic worldview argued by many prominent Darwinists.

In short, Dr. Collins provides a satisfying solution for the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science. Faith in God and faith in science can be harmonious -- combined into one worldview. The God that he believes in is a God who can listen to prayers and cares about our souls. The biological science he has advanced is compatible with such a God. For Collins, science does not conflict with the Bible, science enhances it.

For many years Dr. Collins kept his views largely to himself, as he helped oversee the Human Genome Project's stunning sequencing of the code of life. Now, in what may be the most important melding of reason and revelation since C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Dr. Collins explains himself in detail. The Language of God makes the case for God and for science. Dr. Collins considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism -- including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. Instead, he proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes.

He has heard every argument against faith from scientists, and he can refute them. He has also heard the needless rejection of scientific truths by some people of faith, and he can counter that, too. He explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes readers on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry, and biology can all fit together with belief in God and the Bible. The Language of God is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: Why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?

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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 18, 2008 Type: User Review Recovering Creationist endorsement

Dr. Collins does a wonderful job of laying out the issues and arguments from both sides in very clear, understandable and compelling fashion. A must read for anyone interested in finding common ground in what shouldn't be a raging emotional debate.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 15, 2008 Type: User Review Unconvincing disappointment

Dr. Collins' scientific credentials are impressive, but this book is just not convincing. I lost my (tenuous faith) in 2006 after reading a variety of atheist books like The God Delusion and Letter to a Christian Nation. I decided to give a...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 03, 2008 Type: User Review Finding Your Own God

While Kenneth Miller's "Finding Darwin's God" remains my favorite critique of creationism from a theistic perspective, "The Language of God" may be more appreciated by evangelical Christians and those who lack the science background to fully...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2008 Type: User Review If you believe in God and in Science you should read it

Great work from Francis S. Collins showing us how science and God are not in opposite paths. A very simple way to talk about complex things.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2008 Type: User Review For those God skeptics

Excellent read especially for those who are skeptical about the existence of God. This is written by a scientist in total objectivity. Really good for the ongoing debate.
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